Ben Smith makes note of the fact that we are currently living through a pretty interesting time in our lives, as far as news coverage goes. You see, there's all kinds of very important stuff happening all over the world -- we're at war with Libya, for example. Also, Japan has suffered a terrible three-pronged disaster. And news organizations are "covering" these events, by sending reporters to write stories, and also pointing teevee cameras at things. But all of this is apparently "threaten[ing] to swamp Republican presidential candidates' early efforts to introduce themselves to the nation."
Tim Pawlenty's announcement yesterday of an exploratory committee -- traditionally a major campaign event and the subject of dutiful stories in print and television -- was drowned out yesterday by the news from elsewhere. It did not, as David Chalian noted, crack a single evening newscast -- places that traditionally take note of formal events like that one. He also didn't crack the front page of key papers from the Des Moines Register, Sioux City Journal, and Union Leader, to the New York Times, though he did get a mention in the Wall Street Journal's front-page news summary.
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